14 April 2014

SPORNO: Dodgers' Outfielder Yasiel Puig Swings His Big Bat

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In case you like 'em tall, big and thick in all the right places: Introducing the 6' 3" and 235 pounds of Los Angeles Dodgers' outfielder Yasiel Puig.

Puig flips the ball into the stands during Friday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix. The Dodgers defeated the Diamondbacks 6-0 on Friday and won a three-day sweep of the weekend series.

And swings his big ole' bat.

The 23-year-old Puig—pronounced "pwiy"— was born in Cuba and was one of the star players on the Cuban national baseball team. Puig made international news when he defected from Cuba in 2012 and signed a seven-year, $42 million contract with the Dodgers. Puig's incredible journey from Cuba to Los Angeles via Mexico involved human traffickers, smugglers, a drug cartel, a speedboat and a Santeria priest. The investigative report is detailed in the May issue of Los Angeles magazine.

Did I mention that I'm fatally attracted to Black Cubans. They have a flavour all their own and the walk the earth with a sense of entitlement unparalelled anywhere else in the world. I made a trip to Miami once and nearly lost my mind. The choices were so overwhelming and they don't seem to mind the admiring glances & stares from other Black men.